When men have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.

2

惡人若該受責打、審判官就要叫他當面伏在地上、按著他的罪照數責打。

If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make him lie down and have him flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime deserves,

3

只可打他四十下、不可過數、若過數、便是輕賤你的弟兄了。

but he must not give him more than forty lashes. If he is flogged more than that, your brother will be degraded in your eyes.

4

牛在場上踹穀的時候、不可籠住他的嘴。

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

5

弟兄同居、若死了一個沒有兒子、死人的妻不可出嫁外人、他丈夫的兄弟當盡弟兄的本分娶他為妻、與他同房。

If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

6

婦人生的長子必歸死兄的名下、免得他的名在以色列中塗抹了。

The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

7

那人若不願意娶他哥哥的妻、他哥哥的妻就要到城門長老那裡說、我丈夫的兄弟不肯在以色列中興起他哥哥的名字、不給我盡弟兄的本分。

However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me."

8

本城的長老就要召那人來問他、他若執意說、我不願意娶他．

Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her,"

9

他哥哥的妻就要當著長老到那人的跟前、脫了他的鞋、吐唾沫在他臉上、說、凡不為哥哥建立家室的、都要這樣待他。

his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, "This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line."

10

在以色列中、他的名必稱為脫鞋之家。

That man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.

11

若有二人爭鬥、這人的妻近前來、要救他丈夫脫離那打他丈夫之人的手、抓住那人的下體．

If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,

12

就要砍斷婦人的手、眼不可顧惜他。

you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

13

你囊中不可有一大一小、兩樣的法碼。

Do not have two differing weights in your bag--one heavy, one light.

14

你家裡不可有一大一小、兩樣的升斗。

Do not have two differing measures in your house--one large, one small.

15

當用對準公平的法碼、公平的升斗、這樣、在耶和華你 神所賜你的地上、你的日子就可以長久。

You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

16

因為行非義之事的人、都是耶和華你 神所憎惡的。

For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.

17

你要記念你們出埃及的時候、亞瑪力人在路上怎樣待你。

Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.

18

他們在路上遇見你、趁你疲乏困倦、擊殺你儘後邊軟弱的人、並不敬畏 神。

When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and cut off all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.

19

所以耶和華你 神使你不被四圍一切的仇敵擾亂、在耶和華你 神賜你為業的地上、得享平安、那時你要將亞瑪力的名號、從天下塗抹了．不可忘記。

When the LORD your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!